Cigar-manufacturing machine.



E. P. HUTTGER.

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CIGAB-MANUFACTURING MACHINE.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 51, 1918.

Application filed December 16, 1916. Serial No. 137,415.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD P. HUTTGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Manufacturing Machines, of which the following is aV specification.

y This invention relates to cigar manufacturing machinery, and hasparticular reference to an automatic machine for facilitating theproduction of cigar bunches or fillers.

The foremost object of the invention is to provide a machine wherein theelement of manual labor hitherto involved in forming cigar bunches hasbeen reduced to a minimum, in order that the bunches may be moreeconomically and expeditiously manufactured in a practicable andthorough manner.

Another object resides in a machine of the above character which willmechanically produce a completed cigar bunch having all of the generalattributes of a perfectly formed hand made bunch, and in one which willbe applicable to form all grades of cigars.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed outhereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction herein described and the scope of theapplication of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein is shownone of various possibleembodiments of my invention- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of abunch making machine comprising the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is adetail horizontal sectional view with parts shown in Fig. 2omitted.

Fig. si is a similar view taken on the line 1-11 of Fig. 1.

Fig. is a detail front elevation of the machine with parts to the rearomitted for clearness.

Fig. 6 is a detail rear elevation thereof.

Fig. 7 is a detail vertical sectional view, looking from the rear.

Fig. 8 Ais an enlarged vertical sectional view of the bunch rolling andtransfer mechanism.

Fig. 9 is a detail side elevation of the brush operating means.

Fig. 10 is a detail side elevation of a portion 0f the brush operatingmechanism, taken on the line 10-10 of Fig. 9.

11 is a vertical sectionalk view on the line 11-11 of Fig. 2, disclosingthe binder carrier and binder supply mechanism.

Fig. 12 is a similar vertical transverse section on the line 'l2-12 ofFig. 2.

Fig. 13 is a detail vertical section on the line 13-13 of Fig. 12.

Fig. 14 is a detail vertical section through the binder feed mechanismon line 14C-111 of Fig. 15.

Fig. 15 is a detail side elevation thereof. Fig. 16 1s an enlargedsectional detail view of the lift for the binder feed mechanism. i

Fig. 17 is a side elevation of the binder feed safety device as shown insection in Fig. 11.

Fig. 18 is a detail side elevation of the mold feeding table and drivemechanism, looking from the left side of the machine.

Fig. 19 is a vertical transverse section on the line 19-19 of Fig. 18.

Fig. 2O is a similar view 0n the line 20-20 of Fig. 18.

Fig. 21 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 21-21 of Figs. 1 and22 disclosing a portion of the binder transfer cam and bunch rollingoperating cam mechanism.

Fig. 22 is a side elevation of the binder rolling mechanism.

Fig. line 23-23 of Fig. 21, disclosing the binder transfer cammechanism.

Fig. 24 is a vertical transverse section on the line 24-24 of Fig. 21.

Fig. 25 is a vertical sectional view approXimately on the line 2525 ofFig. 3, of the mold transfer cam mechanism.

Figs. 26, 27, 28 and 29 are vertical transverse sections on the lines26-26; 27-27 28-28; and 29-29; respectively of Fig. 25.

Fig. 30 is a detail front elevation of the rack mechanism fortransferring the mold.

Fig. 31 is a detail section on the line 31-31 of Fig. 3 disclosing themold transfer horizontal pusher mechanism.

Fig. 32 is a detail vertical transverse section. Vthrough the rack foroperating the.

23 is a vertical sectional view on the line46-'46 of F ig. 44.

.bunch formation, but on the pusher mechanism and guide bracket for 3434 of. Fig. s.

Fig. 35 is a similar vievv on the line 35435 of Fig. l3.

Fig. 36 isa` detail vertical longitudinal section on the line 36-36 ofFig. 3, showing the shaft and drive actuating means; the cover feed;cover press and elevation'driving means f Fig. 37is a' detail verticaltransversel section on the line 37-37 of Fig.'36.

Fig. 38 is a detail plan view of the motor and drive gearing forthebunch making machine. Y Y

Fig. 39 is an end vievv thereof.

Fig. 40 is adetail side elevation of the clutch mechanism employed inthe'pi'esent machine, taken on the line 40-40 ofv Fig. 5.

Fig. 41 is a front elevation of the mechanism disclosed in Fig. 40. n

Fig. 42 is a detail vertical section on the iin@ ia-ia of Fig. 4i. Y

Fig. 43 is a detail vertical section on the line 43-43 of Fig. 41. f

Fig. 44 is a detail vertical longitudinal section on the line'44-44'ofFig. 40.

Fig. 45 is a detail vertical longitudinal section on the line 45-45 ofFig. 40.'l

Fig. 46 is a detail vertical section on the Fig. 47 is a verticallongitudinal section through the cover press.V

Y vvSimilar characters of reference denote 'corresponding partsthroughout the several vievvsof thedravvings.

As a .foreword tothe general description of the present invention, it isadvisable Y to state, foi` the sake of clearness, that the machine:illustrated does not contemplate the initial assembling of tobacco:leaves into other hand has placed this function upon the operatory ofthe machine, who must necessarily be a skilled ybunch maker. The reasonfor this feature is. that after extensive experiments it has beendetermined that by reason o f the fact that the usual cigar bunch isgenerally composed of several blends or grades of tobacco, it ismechanically impossible to pro' vide adequate and reliable mechanism toselect the several blends, thence to assemble the same, and finally toform the selected, and weighed, tobacco into anembryo bunch, so that itwill be lin a proper condition to be subjected to the action of a mold.lVarious devices for acc-omplishingthis action havel been devised, buttheir scope of utility has been limited to the lower grade ofcigai's andcannot be successfully employed in the Vwhereby invention, as statedbefore, is

production" of Ythe medium Vand higher grades.

Realizing the .facts `set .forth in the above statement, I have provideda machine v'vhereinis eliminated the means for assembling by meclianicaldevices, the leaves of a *cigarV bunch or filler, and have Vprovided apracticable machine for decreasing the cost 'of producing bunches, thisbeing Yaccomceeds tliatthe present invention VWill only requirel theservices of a single cigar maker, and that the latter Will beat alltimes, in that part of his Work, Which requires practi` cal skill andtraining, and that his attention will notbedetracted'by being forced topeiform duties, Which do not require skill. The invention, also,providesV means for systematiziiig themanufacture of cigar -bunches, thesame may be accomplished in an efficient and expeditious manner, andwhen completed 4will have the same charactei'istics as a hand-madebunch, thus permitting the machine to Vbe employed in the manufacture ofthe better gradesV of cigars, as Well as the cheaper grades. The presentequally applicable to all .grades of cigars,

hitherto developed in the art, that is, While the invention eliminatescertain imprac-V ment of Vthis invention and which has beenY Y u l andlin this respect it differentiates from the machines illustratedv in theaccompanying drawings@Y the numeral lv'designates the base ofthemachine, the latterbeing of cast metal construction and suitably formedto support directly or indirectly the various elements of the machine.Mounted upon the 4base are bearings 2, employed tosupport for rotation adriven shaft 3, said shaft being rotated by any suitable means 4, suchas an electrically driven motor, pulley Wheel or an equivalent, Vtheshaft 3 being continuously rota-ted by means of the motor 4 While themachine is being operated. Revoluble with the shaft 3 is a spur gear 5operable tov mesh with a similar gear 6, loosely mounted upon a camshaft 7. Rotatable With the gear 6 and free upon the shaft 7 is a clutchratchet 8, having internal ratchet teeth 9, formed therein, and operableto engage with the ratchet teeth is a spring pressed paivl l0, pivotallysecured to a pavvl plate 11, the latter being keyed or otherwise securedto the shaft 7 so asto ro-

